Meditation Teacher Training – Online program

How will the course be conducted?

Highlights

• 12 weeks program – Minimum 25 hours per week which includes approximately 6 hrs of lectures 14 hrs of Asana and Pranayama practice (guided and self-practice) and 5 hours of study (Total Contact Hours and Non-Contact Hours is more than 60 Hours)
• Technology platform –Zoom App, Whats app on mobile phones/iPhones (android or ios), or tablets/iPad (android or ios) or laptop computer)
• For all lectures students will be able to access them each week through weekly links.
• There will be a discussion and Q & A session each weekend and the timing will be finalised once we know which time zones to cater for this course.
• Resources - Videos, Audios, PowerPoint presentations, Documents, various lectures on www.YouTube.com/yogapointindia
• There will be continuous support through the entire duration of the program via emails, video chat, group discussions, personal feedback for individual yoga practices, question and answer sessions and personalized chats with teachers and yoga experts etc

CURRICULUM / CONTENTS OF THE PROGRAM

• Fundamental principles of meditation
• Meditation as viewed from the perspective of hatha and ashtanga yoga
• Prana, Koshas and Nadis
• Understandings of meditation from ancient texts such as the tantras, yoga sutras, hatha yoga pradipika, gheranda samhita, upanishadas, samhitas and more
• Lesson planning, designing your own meditations and teaching methodology
• Applications of meditation such as its use as a therapy, prenatal, kids
• Current research on meditation
• Yogic practices as a preparation for meditation

Practical training in

• A variety of meditation practices such as mantra, breath, chakra, mindfulness, prana etc
• Yoga practices to improve meditation postures and to increase the effectiveness of meditation.

Assessment

Through assignments, quizzes and examinations. Zoom sessions will be on weekends.